precision-panzer

German tank crew

The German army was the first to fully appreciate how tanks should be used: rather than build heavily armed & armoured monsters that lumbered behind the infantry they created divisions of light fast tanks backed up by air and artilley to punch holes in the enemy lines and create havoc miles behind the front. Allied victories forced the Germans onto the defensive and despite the power of their new heavy tanks they simply couldn't get enough into battle to stand a chance of winning.